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Kurt Volker, the former U.S. special representative for Ukraine, moderated a panel discussion on global immigration and refugee policy. Panelists included former Assistant Secretary of State…

Panelists spoke on the topic “What Makes an American? Historical Perspectives on Immigration.” They addressed issues such as repeating patterns of immigration to the U.S., perceptions of im…

Mr. Skerry discussed his book and said that the significance of his subtitle, “the ambivalent majority,” is that no one is quite sure of the political direction of this newly emerging group …

Panelists talked about Reinventing the Melting Pot: The New Immigrants and What It Means to Be American, published by Basic Books. The book, edited by Ms. Jacoby, is a collection of twenty-t…

Participants talked about the demographics of immigration from countries in the Middle East to the U.S. Among the issues they addressed were the number and influence of Muslim immigrants, th…

Peter Skerry, author of Counting on the Census? Race, Group Identity and the Evasion of Politics, talked about the importance and weight that is attached to the census. He said the U.S. pla…

The participants announced a report entitled “Embracing America: A Look at Which Immigrants Become Citizens,” which described a new surge of naturalization of immigrants to the U.S. They als…

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights held a hearing on the implications of anti-immigrant sentiments for civil rights. Representatives of immigrants rights groups and the Immigration and Natu…

Participants spoke on the failure of the conservative movement to attract various minorities in the United States. Most of the suggested solutions for this involved appealing to ideas rather…

Roundtable discussion on Congressional Redistricting and the Census.